All set up and ready to serve at the last night of Monte Paradiso Punk festival. Monte Paradiso in Pula, like Podrum in Riejka is fighting a gentrification battle .

Here we go again! Bringing some literature to a punk festival, this time it's Monte Paradiso in Pula www.facebook.com/events/97417...

Some people think doing a distro/publishing, stalls at events is all anarcho glamour. Well stalls can be the high point of our efforts but equally it can sometimes suddenly piss it down for hours and .....

Anyone wondering what exactly the SAWA festival is - that I've been posting about this weekend- you could no worse than to checkout the recently uploaded video of last years festival. youtu.be/RnIaYvGKJjo?...

SAWA - Sick As We Are Festival - Live all bands 2025 ✖ Županja, Croatia

YouTube video by Eat Yourself

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Another day another stall layout, every cover cleansed of yesterday's dust. This stall ran from 9am till midnight yesterday not sure I can manage the same again today but I'll try. At the best Balkan punk fest known to us. www.sickasweare.com

A quick scan of the Active delights available at SAWA festival today and tomorrow SAWA Fest 2026 - Balkan Hardcore Punk Gathering share.google/q7Z7XvJkjbNp...

I thought I'd seen all the documentaries and films about anarchism and then this popped up on You Tube and I was impressed. It's French but in English! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgmC...

Ni Dieu Ni Maître : L’histoire secrète de l’anarchisme mondial – Documentaire Politique - AT

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Active will be sweating it out at the balmy Balkan SAWA festival in 10 days time. Its the coolest DIY festival we know of and are chuffed to be a small part of it. www.sickasweare.com

Anyone interested in music? This is fascinating and fun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=quj8...

For the Record: An Incomplete History of Music - Part One | Presented by Charlotte Ritchie

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One of the smallest Active stalls for a long time is at the Booksa in the Park event in Zagreb for the next 3 days . Come and see!

Coming out soon we have a pocket book version of Brian Morris's Basic Kropotkin. It features a wicked new cover by our fave Scottish artist Angus Quinn. For anyone daunted by reading Kropotkin's lengthy texts this could be considered as a "study notes" for his thinking.

Tomorrow Active will be at the Prague Anarchist Bookfair. We have a few AK and PM Press titles too. This year it’s just the one day - Saturday- so don’t miss it! anarchistbookfair.cz/en

Black Mosquito have almost all our titles available on their website including this new one; Ten Questions on Anarchism. If you are looking for a mailorder outlet that covers Europe you could try them. black-mosquito.org/de/ten-quest...

Tonight only! The Active stall is at Podrum in Rijeka for the start of a weekend celebration of its 18 years existence

There's a new alternative space in Cluj, Romania with a bookshop run by the Pisica Neagră (Black Cat) crew. We suggest you check it out if you can. telegra.ph/Pisica-Neagr...

Tonight Tomar Control and the Active booklet stall are gracing (?!?) the legendary ACU venue in Utrecht.

Super cool poster for the months gigs at the Lune Froide in Nantes where the Active booklets battle with Tomar Control merch over limited stall space tonight. Come see which wins!

Tonight the Active pocketbook stall is in the north of France on the Tomar Control tour courtesy of the wonderful l’Ouie Pleure crew www.facebook.com/events/21641...

A rare sighting of an Active bookstall in Cardiff Wales tonight for the Tomar Control gig at Fuel! Fuel for revolution that is still cheap despite the cost of living crisis! Come on down!

If your local radical bookshop doesn’t have these then tell them to get in contact with us!

Cindy Barukh Milstein@cbmilstein.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I’m thrilled to bits at the publication by @activedistribution.bsky.social of a cute-as-a-button version of my book “Try Anarchism for Life: The Beauty of Our Circle”—available in Europe+Balkans for 3 pounds or about 4 euros. You can order it here: www.activedistributionshop.org/product/try-...

The Catharsis tour isn't happening in March after all but they promise to be back later in the year instead You have been warned!

Active Distribution Publishing@activedistribution.bsky.social · 6mo ago

One of those noisy crusty bands from the US are touring Europe next month, the really good news is that they will have a some of our books with them - the Crimethinc ones which we turn from zines to pocketbooks! crimethinc.com

Coming up at the end of the month at the wonderful Housmans bookshop in London an evening inspired by one of our recent publications. housmans.com/event/their-...

‘Their Wars, Our Dead! Anarchist reflections on anti-militarism since the invasion of Ukraine’, with Jason Brannigan and Declan McCormick

AUTONOMY NOW! PRESENT: ‘Their Wars, Our Dead! Anarchist reflections on anti-militarism since the invasion of Ukraine’with Jason Brannigan and Declan McCormick ‘Their Wars, Our Dea…

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There's this guy called Gabriel who writes books about everything from pirates to proletarian sports you may have heard of him. He also does a blog and recently reviewed our publications about Rojava, it's well worth a look. lefttwothree.org/active-on-ro...

One of those noisy crusty bands from the US are touring Europe next month, the really good news is that they will have a some of our books with them - the Crimethinc ones which we turn from zines to pocketbooks! crimethinc.com

Here's a song that reminded me that folk music can be cool! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjGH... Now who's gonna do a punk rock version of this?

Join Ice

YouTube video by Jesse Welles

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For those who don't know him, Mark Kermode is one of the best and most respected film critics in the UK. Here is his take on Melania, and its probably the only thing you could enjoy about this film..... www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTyU...

Mark Kermode reviews Melania

YouTube video by Kermode and Mayo's Take

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Here are four more posters from the 56A Infoshop archive that reveal both its longevity and internationalist nature. 56a.org.uk Viva the Sandinistas! Ha! another lefty revolution that went wrong.

Some great (new to me) photos of the Stop the CIty protest in London, March 1984. Added them to this post about the event history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2011/10/stop...

For those of you who like thoughtful in-depth reviews - even from Commmies! - here’s one that just landed about our recent book Their Wars Our Dead. www.leftcom.org/en/articles/...

Unlike one of the Active crew I was never a big fan of Bruce but I'm warming to him right now... www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDaP...

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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